Reworking the wiki Bicycle page

Hi,
Just discovering this discussion thread …

I have been trying to maintain, rework, organize (but I m certainly not the only one of course), quite a few pages related to bicycle stuff (generally speaking) in the french version of the OSM Wiki, and I can say that the french version of the Bicycle page is somehow different : it has been enriched and reorganized over time, with quite a few things. The result is far from being perfect, but as best as we can do as volunteers work only of course, and as it has been done without a general discussion like the one which is taking place here.

As its name implies, this page is considered as a portal for all what is related to bicycle.

  • This page does not repeat what is presented everywhere else in the wiki (we try to avoid to duplicate things).
  • This page is a synthetic entry point to all the other pages, with everything summarized in a short paragraph and a link to the dedicated page.

The french version of this page is currently organized the following way:

  • Facilities for cyclists are presented first, and organized in three main parts :
    – First of all roads networks, and in particular everything to do with roads used by cyclists.
    – Then a second section presents the equipment and services
    – A third section is related to cycles routes

  • Then all human activities in relation to bicycles are presented, businesses, shops associations representing the interests of cyclists, …

  • At the end, there are still a bunch of things (rendering, tools) which would deserve to be better sorted maybe (road signs, reminder of the highway code… )

I’ve often heard complaints about the complexity of OSM mapping for everything bike-related, and frustrated contributors who can’t contribute more simply.
So I hope we can work together to present the general view of this topic on this page in a way that is clear.

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